MS-ESS1-1.Develop and use a model of the Earth-sun-moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses of the sun and moon, and seasons. MS-ESS1-2.Develop and use a model to describe the role of gravity in the motions within galaxies and the solar system.MS-ESS1-3.Analyze and interpret data to determine scale properties of objects in the solar system. MS-ESS1-4.Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth's 4.6-billion-year-old history. http://www.nextgenscience.org/msess1-earth-place-universe

MS-ESS2 Earth's Systems

MS-ESS2-1.Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth's materials and the flow of energy that drives this processMS-ESS2-2.Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth's surface at varying time and spatial scales. MS-ESS2-3.Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of the past plate motions. MS-ESS2-4.Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth's systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.MS-ESS2-5.Collect data to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses results in changes in weather conditions.http://www.nextgenscience.org/msess2-earth-systems

MS-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity

ES-ESS3-1.Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth's mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes.MS-ESS3-2.Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects.MS-ESS3-3.Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.MS-ESS3-4.Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth's systems.MS-ESS3-5.Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century.